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Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club

Looking for a place to play tabletop role playing games (RPG) in South East London?

Feeling the need to roll some dice for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Savage Worlds and other RPG systems?

Well welcome to Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club in SE London.

We meet each week from 7pm-11pm for tabletop gaming and have a great mix of experienced GMs and enthusiastic players which The Hobbits Hole Roleplaying Club is a friendly bunch of gaming guys and girls who meet every Wednesday night in Bromley night in South East London and online on Friday night to role play a variety of games.

The roots of the Hobbits Hole Roleplaying club stretch all the way back to 1999 and has met at a number of venues across South East London before finally settling on our current home in Bromley. 

All of this makes for a great atmosphere within our club.

We always try to keep an empty chair at each gaming table so if anyone wants to come to the club for a visit they are welcome to join in for the evening.

Tabletop RPGs and Boardgames

We play a wide range of Roleplaying Games (Tabletop RPGs or TTRPGs), Boardgames and Tabletop Wargames at Hobbits Hole in Bromley SE London, including Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Warhammer and many many more, as well as some of our members own creations. 

South East London

Our South East London location is within easy reach of Bexley, Bexleyheath, Bromley, Catford, Crayford, Croydon, Dartford, Eltham, Greenhithe, Greenwich, Lewisham, Orpington, Sidcup, Swanley, Welling and West Wickham.

We even have club members that travel from Guildford and Essex to us.

When

The club runs a rotation every four months, consisting of up to 5 different tables in hall on Wednesday nights.

Where

We meet the every Wednesday in Hall and Friday online. We also meet up for occasional social events.

Cost

The subs for Apr 2023– March 2024 are therefore as follows:

If you're interested in visiting the Hobbits Hole RPG club in South East London, please contact us to let us know in advance. 

New Members have their first 4 weeks free as part of their trial.

Current Roleplaying Games being played

Rotation: 2nd August to 29th November

Battle of the Bards

System: D&D 5e

Game Master Mark C

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: David H, Jon W, Jeremy L, William P, Rosie A 

"Dude! My Alchemical Romance bailed on the battle of the bands, which means we're in! Or, we will be once we change our name... Apparently "DICKPUKE" isn't allowed or something..."

Congratulations, your band has been accepted to be a part of the 34th annual Sclipbert B. Bardangle School of Music Battle of the Bands! Your rival band will be there, and you must beat them as well as the other 14 indie bands to rise out on top. What is your band's name? Your rival's band name? What genre of music do you play? What is your stage name, as well as the stage names of your fellow bandmates? What will you do with the prize money (5k gp)?

Unscripted Adventures

System: D&D 5e

Game Master James

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: George F, Liam M, Freddie, Simon H, Helen H  

Campaign Tone

This is really a “default”, because you can and will overturn or modify it with the decisions you make in Sessions 1 and 2.  But, if pressed, here’s what I’d go with:

Coriolis

System: Coriolis

Game Master Andy

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Richard C, Benjamin C, Kat, Chris J, Carol 

Coriolis is a Sci-fi game where you play part of a ship’s crew. 

What sort of ship depends on what sort of group you are. Are you Free Traders, Mercenaries, Explorers, Agents or Pilgrims. 

Coriolis uses the Year Zero Engine which mainly uses D6s where a 6 means a success and more sixes means a better success. If you are interested in the game you can pick up a starter set for free from the Free league web store or on DrivethruRPG

d&d 5e

Ovion Circus

System: D&D 5e

Game Master Dan C

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Neil, Saif B, Will L, Josh G, Elise 

5e D&D game for characters starting at level 5 

Softly carrying on from Ovion office.

It will be a Circus set up in the town of Corfin. Who have gifted the many delights to the town. 

This will be a flexible run game focused on the roleplay.

Aim is to run a game that empowers players.

Props will be used aiding Roleplay relating stuff from time to time.

The Keep on the Borderlands

System: Old School Essentials 

Game Master Graham

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Jason, Em, Richard T, Andrew W, Jo 

The Keep is humanity’s stronghold on the borders between law and chaos and will you be the adventurers to clear the way? I plan to run KotB with the modern day ruleset of D&D 1E which was often referred to as the Basic and Expert set. 

With plenty of opportunities for roleplay in the Keep and interacting with its citizens and fast paced dungeon action in the Caves of Chaos, it strikes a delicate balance that leaves many still in search of an adventure that tops it. 

Isla de la Muerte

System: D&D 5e

Game Master Richard C

Venue: Online  every Friday night

Players: Marco, Marc C, Apo, Stig, Andrew W, Carol, Dave H

On the hunt for the self proclaimed "Pirate King" Hampton Barclay.

Where will the hunt take the party?

What other miss adventures may be found?

Set sail on another adventure to Isla de la Muerte.

Rotation: 6th December to 27th March

The Last Hurrah 

System D&D 5e

Game Master  Helen

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Daniel, Elise, Jess M, Marco, Shaun P and Simon H 

You are a retired adventurer. 

But don't get too complacent... Just when you thought your biggest worry was your rapidly receding hairline or curbing your expensive vintage mead habit, you find out that not all happily ever afters are actually for ever. 

The Village of Hommlet

System Old School Essentials

Game Master Graham

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Andy D, Chris J, Em, Kat and Mark C 

The adventure is a classic approach with an ancient evil disrupting a sleepy village. Players use the Village of Hommlet as a hub to explore the surrounding areas and investigate the evil presence in a sandbox environment.

Walking Dead 

Game Master  Andrew W

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Carol, David H, Freddie M, Jerrie C and Rosie A

Players will not be playing the characters from the TV show but will be playing a group trying to survive in a world full of zombies, where the environment and other humans are just as much if not more of a threat. 

Sword of Cepheus

Game Master  Richard T 

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Carol, David H, Freddie M, Jerrie C and Rosie A

The game is planned to be episodic and set in a pseudo age of myths Greece, but will be influenced by the player choices in character creation.

Port Blacksand

System: Advanced Fighting Fantasy

Game Master Jo F

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Benjamin, James W, Liam M, Neil and Richard C

Port Blacksand – the infamous city of thieves and travel the trade road to the city of Salamonis discovering the nightmarish world behind Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s legendary game books. 

Last Rite of Seafire

System D&D 5e

Game Master George

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

Players: Jason, Jon K, Mareen G, Saif B, Will L and William P

There’s always been a reputation for mystery surrounding the Utalan Archipelago. Far from the normal nautical trade routes and prone to hull-shattering storms these tropical islands are not well understood by the outside world. 

Rotation: 3rd April to 31st July

The Indie Dozen

System: medley of indie story games 

Game Master James 

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night


TBC

System: Fading Suns

Game Master Mareen

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

TBC

System: MG2e Traveller

Game Master Richard T 

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

TBC

System: Star Wars Edge of the Empire

Game Master Shaun

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

TBC

System: Warhammer Fantasy Role Play

Game Master Chris

Venue: Glanville Hall Wednesday night

We also play online

Venue: Online  every Friday night

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